Mrs P's Journey
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Croxley Mills 260
Cruchley, G.F. 212
Cruise, Mr (buyer) 254–6, 297–8
Csurog (Hungary) 4, 5, 24, 60–2
Curie, Marie 83
Cycling Map 213
Daily Express 275, 276
Daily Mail 181, 320–1
Daily Mail Thousand Mile Air Race 54
Daily Telegraph 36–7, 40–1, 44, 57–8, 94, 274–5, 276
Daphne’s Café (West Hampstead) 227
Davey, Ron 261
de Courcy, Anne 181
Delaporte, Madame 151, 155–6
Deposition of Jews and Gentiles (map) 214
Diehl, André 149
Dinard 78, 81–2
Divinópolis 83
Downs Cemetary 319
Dulwich 21, 24
Duncan, James 31–2, 35, 42, 250
Edward VII, King 49
Edward VIII, King 189–90, 196, 197, 271
Elijah (elephant) 70–2, 316
Eliot (civil servant) 288–9
Eliot, T.S. 159
Else (housekeeper) 77
Elston, George 295
Euro Disney 317–18
Evelyn, John 209
Evening Standard 106
Fécamp, Collège des Jeunes Filles 100, 109–14, 125–6, 127
Ferdinand, Prince of Bulgaria 40
Firs, The (Surrey family home) 51, 73, 94, 316
Flying Scotsman 104
Ford, Mrs (book-keeper) 287, 289, 293, 295, 296, 301
Fountain, Mr (draughtsman) 237–40, 244–5, 274–9 passim, 287, 288, 290
Fox, Miss (filing clerk) 267, 268
Foyles/Mr Foyle 204, 249–50
Franz-Ferdinand, Archduke 60
Franz-Josef, Emperor 40
Galeries Lafayette (Paris) 150, 152–3
Gates, Mr (aviator) 55–6
Geographia 39–42, 44, 46, 48, 58, 59, 204, 249, 273–4, 275
Geographers’ A-Z Map Company 2, 258, 260, 267, 297, 300, 313, 317–18, 322–3
Geographers’ Map Trust 305–6, 317, 323
George III, King 211
George VI, King 271
Glanville, Philippa 214
Gondy, Mademoiselle 114
Gordon & Kerensky 259
Gray’s Inn Road, Phyllis’s flat at 287
Greater London Atlas 295
Greene, Graham 282–3
Greenwood (cartographer) 212
Gretna Green 17–19
Greycaines & Weiners 259
Gross, Bella (Isabella neé Crowley later Orr; mother)
character
belief in emancipation 10, 11, 12
belief in free will 140
spirited self-defence 58–9, 78
superstition 54
work style 21, 39–40, 48
life
childhood 10–12
engaged to Sandor Gross 8–9, 12–15
elopement 17–19
birth and death of first son 22–3
strains on marriage 44–5, 47–8, 58–9, 69, 76–8, 80–3, 89–90, 95
divorce 45, 84
flying incident 54–6
riding accident 73–8
leaves home for Brazil 83–4
marriage to Alfred Orr 86
visits Roedean with Alfred 85–92
life with Alfred 96–7, 99–100, 103, 118–20
attempts suicide 104–5
Christmas in Paris 122–6
refuses to leave Alfred 130
evades bailiffs 170–3
mental illness 23, 182–8
clashes with Alfred 188–94
stabs passer-by 194
death 194–6
unknown resting place 197
photographs 316
portrait 313–15
relationship with Phyllis 69–70, 96–7, 99–100, 115–18, 182–8
writings
Break the Walls Down (play) 12, 50–1
Clipped Wings (play) 188
children’s stories as Vernon Bell 47–8, 199
Gross, Daisy (sister-in-law) 189, 190, 315
Gross, Jean-Pierre (nephew) 234, 315
Gross, Mary (later West) 66–7, 188, 189, 314–15
Gross (Grosz), Sandor (Alexander; father)
character
authoritarian 25, 34
charming 6–7
cruel and destructive 76–7, 299–300
loner 3–4
never hesitates 6
unfaithful husband 12, 18, 58–9, 131
work style 21, 39–40
life
childhood 3–4
joins circus 4–5
emigrates to England 6–8
sells lamps 15–16, 21
starts map business 27, 30–7
birth and death of first son 22–3
flying incident 54–6
acceptance into English society 58, 59–60
bankruptcy 97, 127
new life in USA 127–31
told of Bella’s death 199–200
publishes pornography 200
death 302–3
photographs 316
relationship with Bella
proposes 8–9, 12–15
elopes 17–19
dominates and demoralises 14, 47–8, 50–3, 69, 76–8, 300
strains on marriage 44–5, 58–9, 80–3, 89–90, 95
divorce 45, 84
after divorce 128–9, 130
relationship with Phyllis
clash of temperament 45–6
criticism and mental cruelty 48, 88, 93–5, 204–5, 231–2, 235–6, 266–7, 292, 297–8, 299–301
gives her presents/money 5–6, 127, 288
relationship with Tony 5–6, 267, 268
Gross, Tony (Imre; brother)
and Alfred Orr 196, 217
as artist 120, 138, 217, 268, 281, 300
birth 24
childhood 41–2, 43, 44, 53, 58–9, 61, 66–7, 79, 80–2, 138
and parents 16, 40, 90, 120–1, 188, 189, 190
photographs 315–16
and Phyllis 100, 120, 122, 123, 138 bis, 144–5, 147, 159–62, 176
student lifestyle 125, 136, 146
Grosz, Mrs (grandmother) 5, 6, 13, 60–2
Grosz, Gyula (uncle) 5
Grosz, Rosa (great-aunt) 36–7
Grosz, Zoltan (grandfather) 13
Guildford Cottage Hospital 75
Hall, Anthea 271, 282
Hardy, Thomas 11
Harrods 29, 264–5
Hatchards 249
Hemelryk, Miss (secretary) 267, 273
Hemingway, Ernest 159
Hendon aerodrome 55
History of London in Maps 214
Hoefnagel, George 208
Hogenberg, Frans 208
Holland House 272, 273
Hong Kong 309, 311–13
Horseferry Road, Phyllis’s flat at 200–1
Horton Hall Workhouse and Lunatic Asylum 194–5
Horwood, Richard 211
Hungary see Csurog
Hunter Penrose 238
Ilchester, Lady 272, 273
Imperial War Museum 187
indexing of maps 240–6
Isle of Wight 107
Jameson, Derek 312
Jameson, Ellen 312, 314, 321
Jewish people 214, 219, 247–8, 315
John Bull 153–5, 158
John Dickinson company 260
John Lewis Partnership 306
Johnson, Dr Samuel 187
Joyce, James 136, 160
Kent, Duchess of 313
Kessel, Joseph 153–4
Knott, Lady Veronica 202–3
Lancaster Hotel (Paris) 310–11
Larby, Mr (buyer) 250
Lawrence, Penelope 65, 89
Le Havre 102, 106, 108–9
Le Sage, Sir John 41, 57
Lester, Gordon 267, 277, 286–7
Literary Homes Map 213
Liverpool 211
Livingstone, General 77, 316
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Livingstone, Wuffy 316
Lloyd George, David 60
Loire Valley 311
London 7, 8, 28–9, 30, 206–9, 242–3
County Council 236, 241–2
see also maps
Lowe & Brydone 260–1, 293, 295
Luce, Sir Richard 309
Lucerne 80
maps
A-Z of London
Phyllis Pearsall’s work 216–46
reputation 2, 214–15
see also Geographers’ A-Z Map Company
A-Z of other cities 262, 295–6
early London maps 208–14
London Underground map 210
map draughtsmen 33, 262–3
map production 258–63
Ordnance Survey 28, 204, 209–10, 225, 236–7
Sandor Gross’s first maps 30–7
war maps 273–9
Marcus (dog) 110
Marks and Spencer 29
Mary, Queen 189, 249
Marylebone Church 229
Mayo, Jimmy 261
Menzies, John 310
Miller, Sir Bernard 306
Ministry of Information 282–3
Ministry of Transport 272
Mitchell, David 309
Montenegro 57
Morgan, William 211
Morocco 161
Mowbray, Patricia 181
Nabokov, Vladimir 154, 156–7
Namier, Mr (Mosleyite) 247
Nash, John 213
National Topographic Database 210
Naylor, Mrs (newsagent) 251–2, 265
New York 128–9
New Yorker 301
Nicholas, King of Montenegro 57
Nin, Anaïs 19
Noakes, Mr (van driver) 291
North End Road, family home at 58
Normandy 100, 113–14
Norton, Mr (sales rep) 271
Norton & Gregory 238–9
Ogilby, John 211, 212
Ordnance Survey 28, 204, 209–10, 225, 236–7
Orient Express 79
Orr, Alfred Everett (stepfather)
Phyllis’s first impressions 85–92
relationship with Bella 99–100, 103, 117–18, 188–94, 196–7
tries to kill Bella 105
a drunken Christmas 122–5
evades bailiffs 170–2
paints Phyllis in nude 185
paints Edward VIII 189–90, 196, 197
Bella’s death and his own 196–7
helps Phyllis 201
portrait of Bella 313–15
O’Shea, Dan 261
Pankhurst, Christabel and Emmeline 28
Paris 105, 119, 136–61 passim
family Christmas in 121–6
Patiala, Maharajah of 99
Patten, Chris 309, 311, 312
Patten, Lavender 311–12, 313
Pavlova, Anna 58
PEARSALL, PHYLLIS ISOBELLA (neé Gross)
artistic work
love of painting 232–3, 269–70, 272, 307–11, 320
portrait-painting 201, 216–17
style 25, 135, 217, 321
talent 146
Alive with Joy exhibition 321–2
Bonfire on Henfield Common 321
Brittany water colours 309
Chelsea Old Church 233
Claridges 46–7
Edinburgh Castle 310
Holland House 272, 273
House and Chickens of the Goure Sons, Brehement 321–2
Houses of Parliament 309
Lancaster Hotel, Paris 310–11
Memorial Exhibition 323
Ministry of Transport 272
Rain over Dartmoor 308
Scottish Border water colours 309
Shoreham Panorama 309
Speaker’s House 308, 309
Tenby Bay 272
The Peak, Hong Kong 309
Theatre Royal, London 308–9
Trafalgar Square 309–10
Victoria Harbour, Kowloon, Hong Kong 322
Women Drawn and Overhead (book of sketches) 283
Women at War (book of sketches) 283
character
concentration 39
dress 25, 312–13, 321
emotional life 232, 233–4
entrepreneurial spirit 1–3, 34–5, 72, 153, 295, 297
fleeing instinct 218–19
indifference to own poverty 201
loneliness 72, 169, 269
love of France 109
management style 64, 305–6
memory and wit 19–20, 72
need to be in sole control 290
never bored 233
never wastes money 310
never wears watch 143
no interest in food 102
no regrets allowed 43–4
stoicism 105–6
stubbornness 231
too trusting 68
views on love and sex 157–8, 165–6
life
nickname ‘Pig’ 3, 311, 312
birth 24
childhood 38–40, 43–4, 53, 58–9, 61–2, 107, 138, 315–16
made to pose nude as child 185
early experience of mapping 41–2
narrow escape from flying tragedy 54–6
visits Hungary 60–2
elephant for ninth birthday 70–2
school at Roedean 45, 63–72, 73–5, 83, 85–92
mother’s riding accident 73–7
European tour 79–83
gift of horse 83
leaves Roedean 96–100
pupil-teacher in France 101–14, 115–26, 127
with grandparents/convent school 131–6
sleeps rough in Paris 136–41, 142–4, 147–50
at Sorbonne 131, 142, 147–60
friendship with Nabokov 154, 156–7
in Spain with Tony 161–2
marries Dick Pearsall 162–3, 164–70
in Spain with Dick 173–5, 198, 235
in France with Tony 176
breakdown of marriage 176–81
mother’s mental illness 182–94 passim
mother’s death 194–6
returns to London 198, 200–1
decides to make street map 202–5
trudging round London 216–30
draughting the maps 231–40
indexing the maps 240–6
selling the maps 247–57, 264–6
founding of Geographers’ Map Company 266–71
war work 272–83
plane crash and convalescence 284–5, 292–5, 303–4
post-war map work 285–91
stress and stroke 299–301
conversion to Christianity 301–2, 303, 304, 310
father’s death 302–3
retirement and old age 307–16
in Hong Kong 311–13
cancer 46–7, 312, 313, 317–19
90th birthday celebration 317–18
death 319
photographs 320–1
last resting place 322–3
relationships
brother Tony 100, 120, 122, 123, 138 bis, 144–5, 147, 159–62, 176
father see under Gross, Sandor
husband Dick 122–5, 162–3, 164–8, 176–81
mother Bella 69–70, 96–7, 99–100, 115–18, 182–8, 194–6, 218, 313–14
reputation 214–15
writings
A-Z The Personal Story from Bedsitter to Household Name 19
Castilian Ochre – Travels with Brush and Pen (with Dick Pearsall) 174–5, 176–7
Fleet Street, Tite Street, Queer Street 19, 131
John Bull articles 153–5, 158
New Yorker stories 301
Only the Unexpected Happens 137
Pearsall, Dick (Richard)
meets Phyllis 122–5
paints in Picardy 138
proposal and marriage 162–3, 164, 168
fails to consummate marriage 166–7
and in-laws 167–8
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bsp; in Spain with Phyllis 173–6
breakdown of marriage 176–81
foul temper 178–9
Peasmarch (Sussex) 276
Peters, Constable 223–4
Petzer Lloyd (newspaper) 36
Philip, George/Philip’s maps 212, 213, 214
Phillips, Caroline 106
Pine, John 211
Poland 277
Pont St Michel (Paris) 137, 140–1
Pound, Ezra 159
Poverty Map 213
Prestcott, Mr (buyer) 257, 278
printing technology 260
Pulvermacher, Mr (editor) 274–5
Queen Mary 302
Repton School 90
Rhys, Jean 19
Rio de Janeiro 83
Robert Adam Street, Phyllis’s flat in 286
Rocque, John 211, 212
Roedean School 45, 63–70, 72, 73–5, 83, 85–92
Royal Bank of Scotland 310
Royal Court Hotel 105
Rubens 217
St John’s Square (Clerkenwell) 229
Sarajevo 60
Savoy restaurant 298, 299
Savoy Theatre 51
Schipol (Holland) 284, 290, 291
Seidel, Lily 58, 69–70
Selfridge, Harry G. 29
Selfridges 29, 248, 249, 264–5
Serbia 57
Shackleton, Cicely 67–8, 74–5, 87, 90, 91–2
Shakespeare and Co (Paris) 158–9
Shaw, George Bernard 58
Sheed, Ernie 261
Shoreham-on-Sea 136, 160, 304, 314, 319
Simone (cook) 112
Simpkin Marshalls 251
Simpson, Wallis 190, 234, 271
Slade School of Fine Art 100, 120
Smith, W.H. 29, 252–6
Sorbonne 142, 147–60 passim
Spain 161, 162, 173–5, 178–9, 198, 235
Speed, John 212
Stanford, Edward/Stanford’s 213, 237
Stieheler’s Hand Atlas 274
Suffragette movement 28, 51
Sunday Telegraph 271, 282
Sunday Times Magazine 181
Syrett, Jack 296
Syrett, Nigel 68, 296–7, 314, 318, 319
Taylor, Lord Stephen 282
Tenby Bay 272
Tétouan (Morocco) 161
Tillier, M. le Docteur 81–2
Times, The 275
Times Atlas of London 214
Tite Street, Alfred and Bella’s house at 170–2
Toler, Mr (Toler Bros) 251
Triana (Seville) 174
Turkey 57
Ustinov, Sir Peter 309
Van Leer, Mr (printer) 288–9, 291, 295
Védrines, Jules 54
Venice 49, 179–81
Ventnor (Isle of Wight) 107
Victoria, Queen 27–8
W.H. Smith & Son 29, 252–6
Waldron, Miss (teacher) 65, 67, 72, 73–4, 85–6, 89, 97
Walker, Den 261
Walker-Smith, Joan 277, 286, 311
war maps 273–9
Mediterranean 279
Russia 279
The World 278
Weatherill, Jack (Lord) 308, 309
West, Mary (née Gross) 66–7, 188, 189, 314–15
Wilberforce, Dr Octavia 303
Wilhelm, Kaiser 62
Williams, Mr (buyer) 260
Woolf, Virginia 58